San Diego Magazine Coverage

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944 Magazine Coverage

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S4 Sustainability Trends In Fashion

Mission Playground has been featured in the denim issue of this pro-minded magazine. Click here to view a PDF version.

Droplet Stone

Also featured in National Geographic Adventure, the Mission Playground Droplet Stone hat.

Men's New Leaf

The New Leaf, as featured in the National Geographic Adventure article below.

National Geographic Adventure

Mission Playground has made it into the April edition of National Geographic Adventure Magazine. Have a look for yourself below.

Green Style Spotlight

Mission Playground has been featured by the Green Style blog.

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US Airways

Mission Playground has reached new heights with their inclusion in the February edition of US Airways magazine. Have a look for yourself below.

The Boyfriend Shirt

Fitness Travel Gear has written a very funny article about the magic of the Mica shirt.

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Identity Press Release

Mission Playground: Exploring their identity

~Mission Playground expands inward and outward in 2006~

San Diego, California (January 27, 2007): The past year was an evolutionary process of growth and excitement for Mission Playground, a San Diego based conscious lifestyle clothing company whose globally mindful and progressive designs promote environmental awareness. While experiencing healthy expansion as well as the challenges of being a young company, Mission Playground continues to choose the road less traveled.

“You have to be willing to take risks,” said Mark McMahon, founder of Mission Playground. “You have to be passionate, committed and willing to be different.” In 2003, the company began out of McMahon’s garage in San Diego as a graphics-driven line of t-shirts carrying positive messages to inspire thought. Since then, he and his business partner, Patrick Shami, have built a team of conscious individuals who inspire environmental awareness and preservation. “We’re hiring talent instead of experience, optimism instead of cynicism,” said Shami.

The company takes pride in supporting fair labor suppliers and will continue to explore sustainable design techniques, production methods and fabrications as time and resources evolve. The challenges of being a sustainable company in the outdoor industry are immense, but this does not obscure the idealistic visions of McMahon and Shami. “Some might say we are naive,” said Shami. “We want to be an example of a company that tries hard to do the right thing and is successful too. So far it seems to be working.”

This approach has allowed the Mission Playground team to build relationships within the outdoor community, the LOHAS market, and Organic trade groups. Mission Playground continues to be a part of the positive change in collaboration with others of similar intentions. “We know that we cannot do it alone,” said McMahon.

“We are very optimistic about this season. As a progressive brand, we are starting to understand ourselves more clearly – a company that simultaneously represents creativity, fashion and environmental awareness in the outdoor industry,” said McMahon. “It’s really not about the clothes. It’s about a message… and we hope that by building a solid foundation and setting clear intentions, consciousness will expand organically.”

Clothing and accessories can be purchased online or at various outdoor and organic lifestyle retailers across the USA, Canada and Japan.